Index holder



June 6, ANDREWS El AL INDEX HOLDER Filed April 18, 1931 Ann "I lilllllllll HIIIH J6. Popper ATTORN EY Patented June 6, 19 33 UNITED STATES, PATENT OFFICE JOHN P. ANDBEWS OF CENTER, NEW YORK, AND JULIUS B. PO PPER, OF

ELIZAIBE'IH,.NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS T0 AMERICAN TELEPHONE m rmenern COMPANY, A. CORPORATION 01" NEW YORK INDEX HOLDER Application filed April 18, 1931. Serial No. 581,226.

This invention relates to improvements in holders for containing'bulletins, cards or the iike, in such manner-that they may be easily and quickly consulted, or removed and replaced when desired. It consists of a base aving a removable carriage provided with a rack onwhich transverse rods or pintles' are arranged in a parallel series, and one or more hinged clips attached to said rods arecation of the invention is illustrated.

Referring to the drawing in which the improved device is shown, Figure 1 is a plan view of a casing and cover between which the various elements are mounted; Fi 2 isa side elevation thereof partly in section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1 and showing the casin and a carriage removablymounted therein; Fig. 3 is a detail showing the hinge connection and retractable spring of the cover for the casing; Fig. 4 is a plan view of the carriage removed from the casing, and showing the various positions assumed the transverse rods when rotated from the normal position of the upper rod to the extreme rotated position of the lower rod; Fig. 5 is a left side view of Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a bottom view of the carriage; Fig. 7 is a rear end view of the carriage; Fig. 8 is a section taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. 1'; Fig. 9 is a section taken on the line 99 of Fig. 1; Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the improved holder in assembled formation, and Fig. 11 is a detail showing the hinged connection of the rods. 1

in the drawing in which similar elements of the improved device are referred to b like characters throughout, the numeral 5 is applied to the casing. The casing is shown as substantially rectangular in form and provided with a bottom portion. Parallel side walls 6 and a rear partition comprising two slightly. so arated walls 7 extend upwardly from t e bottom portion, and the forward portions of the side walls are beveled as more clearly shown in Fi s. 2 and 10. The casing is made of any suita le metal such as nickel-silver and the bottom portion is secured to a base 8 of insulation of the character of phenol fibre to provide protection from electrical shocks in the event the improved device is mounted on telephone switchboards or the like. Suitable mounting screw holes 'are provided through the base.

A cover 9 in the-form of a rectangular frame is hingedly connected to the top of the rear partition of the casing v5. Th1s cover includes two separable portionslO and 11 which are adapted to hold card 12, having a transparent; protectivev sheet on each slde thereof, in clamped relation between them. *Each side of the card 12 may have suitable designations printed thereon. These transparentsheets may be. made of cellulose acetate or the like. The portions 10 and 11, together with the clamped designation card and protectivesheets therefor, are held together by locking means such as asliding utton 13. The bottom portion '10 of the cover ishinged to a pintel 14 which passes through coinciding bearin s or loop portions provided in the casing an in the portion 10. A spring 15 carried by the pintel has its ends held between the two plates which constitute the rear partition 7 of the casing while a central loop ortion of the spring rests on the upper sur ace of the hinged end of the bottom portion 10 and exerts a downward pressure thereon. The upper port on 11 of the cover is also hinged on the pintel 14in like manner to the portion 10, but'is not tensioned by the spring 15. The cover 9 when closed fitsbetween the edges of the casing 5, and extends forwardly to the beveled front portion thereof. The cover exerts a downward pressure on cards mounted within the casing. a}

A carriage 16 is removably positioned Within the casing 5 and its cover 9, and is made of a punching of any suitable metal.

forward ends of the side rails 18 of the carriage enge slots 23 also in the baseof the casin When the carriage is pushed back into t e casing its rear plate 19 bears against spring tongues 24 which extend inwardly from the partition 7 of the casing and cause these tongues to be compressed. When tension is released the lugs 19' and 20 and also the ends of the side rails 18 are forced into their corresponding'slots and lock the carriage in place. Thus in orderto engage the carriage, it is merely necessary to push it against the rear partition 7 of the casing and exert a downward force at the same time. To remove the carriage it is necessary to push it in and downward in the casing and then upward. This action permits the lugs to be disengaged from their corresponding slots in the casing so that the carriage may be removed. When the lugs of the carriage are in engagement with their respective slots, the bottom plate 17 and its side rails 18 will be held in an inclined osition as more clearly shown inFig. 2 o the drawing.

The side rails are provided with a series of equally spaced and corresponding slots on each side. A series of parallel horizontal and transversely positioned rods 25 are held in these slots. These rods have angularly bent portions 25 atone end, as shown in Fig. 4 which fit in the slots on one of the side rails 18 in such hinged manner that the rods are free to rotate in a clockwise direction for a distance of approximately 90. The other ends of the rods fit in correspond ing slots on the oppositesaid rail 18 (Fig. 4), and a laterally slidable member 26 positioned on the top of the last mentioned .rail

serves to close or open the slots into which the ends of the rods fit to lock or release the ,rods. A tugger 26 forms a finger hold by which the slidable member may be reciprocated.

Each of the rods 25 carries two cards 27, upon which suitable designations a pear .for instance of the character shown in 1g. 10 of the drawing. These cards are each fastened to their respective rods by two metallic clips clips appearing in dotted lines carry the bottom card of the pair.

The cards 27 are made of suitable thickness and material to permit designations on both of their surfaces. The bottom edges of the'cards 27 are provided with indexing tabs 29 which are faced on both sides with a transparent substance 30 such, for instance, as cellulose acetate sheeting for protective purposes. The ends of the tabs are profiled to combine them for variance in length so that the two cards of a pair, and independent pairs, can be readily lifted without interference with adjacent cards. The position of the cards when mounted on the carriage. as shown in Fig. 2, will cause them to assume the stepped relation shown in Fig. 10. In this relation the index matter on the tab of each card may be readily identified, and by openin the card index to the selected point the inflmnation desired may be easily and quickly obtained.

What is claimed is:

1. An index holder including a case, a cover hinged thereto, tension means at the rear of said case, a carriage adapted to be removably mounted in said case and having means to interlock with the bottom of said case, said carriage being held in interlocking position by tensional engagement with said tension means, and a series of cards mounted on said carriage in stepped relation.

2. An index holder including a case, a cover hinged thereto, a carriage removably mounted in said case, means for holding said carriage in normal interlocked position in the case by tensional engagement therewith, a series of rods pivotally connected with the carriage and mounted in horizontal and parallel positions thereon, a series of cards mounted on said rods in stepped relation, and means for locking and releasing said rods and cards.

3. An index holder including a case, a tensioned cover hinged thereto, a carriage removably mounted in said case and held in normal position by tensional engagement therewith, a pair of side members for said carriage, a series of rods mounted inhorizontal and arallel positions on said side members antFpivotally connected at one end to .one of the side members, locking means movable on the other of said side members for controlling the retention and release of said rods, and cards rotatably mounted on said rods. 28 attached to the tops of the cards, and the.

at. An index holder including a case, a cover hinged to the case, a carnage removably mounted in the case, said carriage including a plate member having an angular extension and held in normal position by tensional engagement of said extension with the case, supports extending upwardly from each side of the plate member and having corresponding slots provided therein, a sories of horizontal rods mounted in said slots,

a series of cards slidably mounted on'said rods, and means for locking said rods and cards on the supports. 7

5. An index holder including a case a cover hinged thereto, a carriage removably mounted in said case and held in normal sition by tensional engagement therewith, and a series of cards arranged in stepped relation, and each hingedly mounted. at one end, and means where y each card is pivotally mounted at one corner.

6. An indexholder including a case, a

cover hinged thereto, a carriage removably mounted in said case, means for holding said carriage in normal interlocked position in the case by tensional engagement therewith, a series of rods pivotally connected with the carriage and mounted in horizontal and parallel positions thereon, a series of cards slidably and rotatably mounted on said rods in stepped relation and means for locking and releasing said rods and cards.

7. An index holder including a case, a ten-' sioned cover hinged thereto, a carriage removably mounted in an inclined positlon in said caseand held in normal position by ten- April 1931.

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sional engagement therewith, a pair of side members for said carriage, a series of rods mounted 1n horizontal and parallel positions a on said side members and pivotally connected at one end to one of the side members, looking means movable on the other of said side members for controlling the retention and release of said rods, and cards slidably and rotatably mounted on said rods.

' 8. An index holder includin a case, a cover hinged to the case, a carriage removably mounted in the case, said carriage ineluding a plate member havin an angular extension and held in norma position by tensional engagement with the case, a pair of supports extending upwardly from each side of the plate member and having corresponding slots rovided therein, a series of hori-, zontal re s pivotally mounted in slots on one of said supports, a series of cards slidably and rotatably mounted on said rods, and

means for locking said rods and cards on the supports. r V

9. An index holder including a case, a cover hinged thereto, a carriage removably mounted in said case and held in normal position by tensional en agement therewith, a' series of rods pivotal y connected with the carriage and mounted in horizontal and parallel positions thereon, and a series of cards pivotally mounted in pairs on. each rod in stepped series relation, one card of each pair being partly cut away at the end distant from the'rod in order to expose the designation.- i

10. An index holder including a case, a cover hinged thereto, a carriage removably mounted in said case and held in normal poconnected with the a 

